Hey everyone,
So, I’m officially participating in a blog tour for Awkward!
Yeah, I’m only a little excited about it…
Blog tours are super awesome. Here’s how it works: I get emailed roughly ten pages of questions. Then I spend the next three weeks obsessing over my answers.
I’d like to send a big shout-out to my friend Laura who helped me through one particularly rough set of questions intended for Logan Beckett to answer.
If it weren’t for her, I might still be staring at my laptop screen muttering “Whales or Bears? Whales are really big and cool. But so are bears! I don’t know! THEY’RE BOTH AWESOME!”
Yes, this an example of an honest-to-goodness work-related freak out.
Which is yet another reason for me to love my job.
Anyhow: I’m going to update my blog here with links so that you can check out my blog tour and join in the fun!
You can read my tips for surviving high school (and college) here:
I discuss some of my experiences in high school here:
And you can read a wonderful review of Awkward (and score a chance to win a copy!) here:
And for those of you who enjoy geeking out over hot (potentially shirtless) boys: I hope you’ll drop by my group twitter event on March 15th. A bunch of amazing YA writers (including my friends Brigid Kemmerer and Jenn Rush) are getting together to share pics of some of their favorite hotties.
I predict there will be a lot of this:
And this:
And if you’re thinking um, why aren’t they reading? Don’t you know that there is nothing more attractive than that?!
All over it.
Four words: Hot. Guys. Reading. Books.
Here’s the link: Hot Guys Reading Books!
Oh, and for all you Ryan Gosling fans out there . . . this always makes me smile.
Ryan Gosling Reads Young Adult!
Anyhow, March 15th is going to be a ridiculous amount of fun. I’m hoping it will also inspire YOU to share who you would cast to play the characters in Awkward! So drop me a comment here or send them to me via Twitter!
And if you are feeling extra awesome: you can always send me fan art!
Isn’t this adorable! All pics will completely make my week. This particular masterpiece is brought to you courtesy of My Cute Bookshelf! You can check out the review that had me glowing for over a month here!
So many reasons to be feeling giddy!
Now I better get back to work. Chelsea is yelling at me . . .
~Marni
P.S. This blog tour wouldn’t be happening if it weren’t for Shanyn Day and Pamela van Hylckama Vlieg! Thank you so much ladies! I really appreciate it!
Marni Bates 